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Deadlines for national and international internships & fellowships are also post in the department calendar.
The Baker-Nord Center and the Career Center have teamed up to offer scholarships to support undergraduate humanities majors working in unpaid internships.
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- Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority Policy Intern
- American Enterprise Institute
- American Foreign Policy Council
- The American Institute for Contemporary German Studies
- Amigos International Summer Program
- Armed Conflict, Peace Processes and the challenges of Peacebuilding in Colombia
- Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities Governmental Affairs Internship
- Bipartisan Policy Center
- The Borgen Project
- Brennan Center for Justice Undergraduate Internships
- Buckeye Institute
- C-Span Internships
- Campaign Legal Center
- Capital Semester International Affairs and Public Policy Internship
- Carter Center Internships: Peace Programs
- Cato Institute
- Center for American Progress Action Fund
- Center for Democracy in the Americas
- Center for Strategic & International Studies
- Center on Democracy and Organizing Summer Institute
- Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Summer Enrichment Program
- Children’s Defense Fund
- Citizens’ Climate Lobby
- City of Canton Mayor’s Internship Program
- City of University Heights Mayoral Internship Program
- Cleveland Clinic’s College Student Volunteer Program
- Cleveland Council on World Affairs Internships
- Spring 2020 applications are due December 6, 2019.
- Cleveland Foundation Summer Internship Program
- Cleveland Hillel Foundation Summer Internship
- Summer 2020 applications are due December 18, 2019.
- Cleveland Rape Crisis Center
- Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals
- Applications are due by December 1, 2019.
- Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Internship Program
- Congressman Anthony Gonzalez
- Congressman Brad Wenstrup
- Congresswoman Marcia Fudge
- Council of Foreign Relations
- Critical Language Scholarship Program
- Cultural Vistas Summer Fellowship
- Summer 2020 applications are due November 15, 2019.
- Cuyahoga County Public Policy Fellowship Program
- Cuyahoga Earned Income Tax Credit Coalition (volunteer)
- Democracy Collaborative
- Democracy for America
- Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Internship Program
- Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee
- Democratic National Committee
- Department of State Student Internship Program
- Department of Veteran Affairs
- Empowering Youth, Exploring Justice
- Environment America Internships
- Environmental Law and Policy Center: Science & Policy Internships
- Environmental Stewardship AmeriCorps Positions
- Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
- FIRE Summer Internship Program
- Foundation for Defense of Democracies
- FU-BEST Internship
- Fund for Peace Internships
- Greater Cleveland Food Bank
- HistoryMakers Summer Fellowships
- Hoover Institution Summer Policy Boot Camp
- House of Representatives Ways & Means Committee
- Human Rights Watch Internships
- Humanity in Action
- Applications are due January 5, 2020.
- Independent Diplomat
- Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research Summer Program
- International Economic Development Council Internships
- International Journalists’ Network
- International Organization for Migration Internship Program
- InterReligious Task Force on Central America
- Institute for Public Health Summer Research Program
- IT Lab: Summer Security Intensive
- Kościuszko Foundation: Teach English in Poland Program
- Latin American News Digest
- League of Women Voters of Greater Cleveland
- Library of Congress Summer Internships
- Lubrizol Internships
- Max Kampelman Fellowship Program
- MedWish International (volunteer)
- Middle East Institute
- Model UN Conference (volunteer)
- NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio
- National Academy of Social Insurance
- National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations Summer Internship
- National Endowment for Democracy
- National Republican Congressional Committee Internships
- National Security Agency Student Programs
- National Security Archive
- Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Insurance Claims Internship
- Ohio Citizen Action
- Ohio Office of the Public Defender (volunteer)
- Organization of American States
- Pathways Program
- Policy Matters Ohio
- Progressive Policy Institute
- Project on Government Oversight
- Public Leadership Education Network
- Public Policy and International Affairs Junior Summer Institute
- Ralph Bunche Summer Institute Program
- Refugees International Internships
- Republican National Committee Internship Program
- Rumi Forum
- Scholars Strategy Network
- Senator Rob Portman
- Spring 2020 applications are due November 9, 2019.
- Summer 2020 applications are due January 20, 2020.
- Senator Sherrod Brown
- Smithsonian Fellowships and Internships
- Social Justice Scholars Study Group
- State Department Summer Internship
- Summer on the Cuyahoga
- Supreme Court Summer Internship
- Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship Program
- U.S. Agency for International Development
- Office of the General Counsel
- Summer 2020 applications are due January 15, 2020.
- Center for Faith and Opportunity Initiatives
- Summer 2020 applications are due January 15, 2020.
- Bureau for Legislative and Public Affairs
- Summer 2020 applications are open November 1 – December 15, 2019.
- Bureau for Africa
- Summer 2020 applications are open November 1 – December 15, 2019.
- Office of the General Counsel
- U.S. Chamber of Congress
- U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants
- U.S Department of State Pathways Programs
- U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Internships
- UNICEF USA Internships
- United Nations Foundation
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Internships
- University Hospitals (volunteer)
- University of Chicago Data & Policy Summer Scholar Program
- University of North Texas NSF REU program on Conflict Management and Peace Science
- US Heartland China Association Internship
- US Together
- Victims of Communism
- Voices for Ohio’s Children Internship
- Vote Smart Internship Program
- Washington Center Internships
- Western Reserve Historical Society Internships
- White House Internship Program
- Summer 2020 applications are due January 10, 2020.
- Women’s Foreign Policy Group
Interested in pursuing undergraduate research? Or sharing the research you’ve been working on?
Check out the current research opportunities below!
Undergraduate Research and Mentoring Assistantship Program
Interested in working on research with Political Science Faculty?
The Department of Political Science is pleased to announce that the Undergraduate Research and Mentoring Assistantship Program is now accepting applications! This program offers funded research opportunities for Political Science majors to work with faculty and to be mentored in political science research. Majors are encouraged to meet with individual faculty members to determine if they have research opportunities available.
This program is made possible by a generous alumni donor.
Ohio Latin Americanist Conference
February 28-29, 2020, Ohio University
All Latin Americanists and Latinx Studies students are invited to attend and also submit paper proposals. Submit proposals by December 6, 2019.
Inamori International Military Ethics Thesis Prize
Non-European students, either military or civilian, in a graduate or professional-level program (including law or medical students, etc.) are invited to submit a thesis. Proposals are due January 22, 2020.
The International Journal of Ethical Leadership
The IJEL is seeking articles relevant to theoretical and practical approaches to ethical leadership from diverse perspectives. Submissions are accepted from academic, professional, and lay perspectives. Submissions are due March 15, 2020.
- City Year
- Cleveland Foundation Public Service Fellowship
- Applications are due January 27, 2020.
- Coro Fellows Program
- Fulbright U.S. Student Program
- Global Health Corps Fellowships
- Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellowship
- James C. Gaither Junior Fellows Program
- Japan Exchange and Teaching Program
- 2020 program applications are due November 15, 2019.
- MA-Security Studies
- Office of Evaluation Sciences Fellowship
- Ohio Chapter of the American Public Works Association Graduate Scholarship
- Ohio Legislative Service Commission Legislative Fellowship Program
- Payne International Development Graduate Fellowship Program
- PhD Studentship at Loughborough University London
- Princeton in Africa Fellowship
- Princeton in Asia Fellowship
- 2020-2021 applications are due October 31, 2019.
- Princeton in Latin America
- 2020-2021 applications are due November 8, 2019.
- PULSE
- Rangel International Affairs Graduate Fellowship Program
- Samuel Huntington Public Service Award
- Teach Abroad with CIEE
- Teach for America
- The next application deadline is October 18, 2019.
- Teaching Assistant Program in France
- U.S Department of State Recent Graduates Program
- William J. Clinton Fellowship for Service in India
- Applications are due January 20, 2020.
- Campaign Legal Center
- Center for Community Solutions
- Center for Election Innovation & Research
- Cleveland Neighborhood Progress
- Common Cause
- Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Fellowships
- Applications are due December 6, 2019.
- Foundation for Defense of Democracies
- Global Witness
- International Journalists’ Network
- Ohio Department of Transportation
- Old Brooklyn Community Development Corporation
- Pathways Program
- ScribeAmerica
Please note that the Department of Political Science alerts our students to a range of opportunities, including internships, fellowships, and jobs. We do not endorse or sponsor these, and leave it to the judgment of our students what is most useful and appropriate to them.